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Rumors Confirmed: Google Joining Cellphone Fray in 2008
While the internet powerhouse won't actually be making the phone -- several manufacturing partners will be charged with doing that -- the new mobile will carry Google software and bring the internet to cellphones "in a very cool way." Breast cancer multigene test helping patients avoid chemotherapy
A 21-gene test that predicts whether early stage breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy is having a big impact on treatment decisions by patients and doctors alike, according to a new study. Brown Grad Student's Seismic Study Shakes Up Plate Tectonics
In a surprising study in Nature, a team led by a Brown University graduate student shows that a sharp boundary exists between the Earth's hard outermost shell and a more pliable layer beneath, a difference in geological strength underpinning plate tectonic theory. The findings are strong evidence that temperature alone can't account for differences between the regions, which allow plate tectonics to occur. Emissions Targets For 2030 Will Only Be Reached By Banning Cars In Lon
Unless Greater London Authority (GLA) takes radical steps, one of which could be the removal of all cars from both inner and outer London, it will not meet its goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new report. Calculations show that a car-free inner London scenario equates to a 49 percent reduction in emissions. Hackers Fight Authority in NYC
The Man keeping you down? The sixth-annual Hackers on Planet Earth conference doles out briefings on picking locks, jamming phones and beating wiretaps. There was only one arrest. Annalee Newitz reports from New York. Nitrogen Fertilizers Deplete Soil Organic Carbon
The common practice of adding nitrogen fertilizer is believed to benefit the soil by building organic carbon, but soil scientists dispute this view based on analyses of soil samples from the Morrow Plots that date back to before the current practice began. Satellite Images Corroborate Eyewitness Accounts Of Human Rights Abuse
A new analysis of high-resolution satellite images pinpoints evidence consistent with village destruction, forced relocations and a growing military presence at 25 sites across eastern Burma where eyewitnesses have reported human rights violations. Crafting Freedom: African Americans, 1800-1870
This site's goal is to serve as a guide on how to research lesser-known black Americans, both slave and free, "to get a broader understanding of African American living and working environment between 1800 and 1870."Includes materials and links to sources on topics such as historical analysis, bibliography, photographs, and primary sources (such as vital records and insurance maps). Includes sample presentations. Part of the Thomas Day Education Project. World's Oldest Ritual Discovered -- Worshipped The Python 70,000 Years
A new archaeological find in Botswana by an archaeologist from the University from Oslo shows that our ancestors in Africa engaged in ritual practice 70,000 years ago -- 30,000 years earlier than the oldest finds in Europe. This sensational discovery strengthens Africa's position as the cradle of modern man. South African shards
Raman analysis of South African pottery (shards) dating from the 13th and 14th centuries reveals that the potters used a variety of clays and fired their wares at less than 800 Celsius using open fires rather than kilns. Such details could only be unearthed without damaging the artefacts using this powerful spectroscopic technique. Chemists Malebogo [...]
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